Italian postcard by Ed. A Traldi, Milano, no. 44. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian stage and screen actor Luigi Almirante (1886–1963) obtained a resounding success with the plays by Luigi Pirandello, especially in the drama 'Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore' (Six Characters in Search of an Author). From 1926 on, he also devoted himself to the cinema. In the sound era, he began to emerge in comical roles. His slender body and his wiry face made him an incisive comic actor.
Italian postcard, Milano, no. 431. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Giannina Chiantoni (1881–1972) was an Italian stage and screen actress. She made her screen debut in 1910 at Film d'Arte Italiana (FAI), the Italian subsidiary of Pathé Freres, but her silent film performances remained scarce. From the mid-1930s she returned to the sets for supporting parts in films by Alessandro Blasetti and Enrico Guazzoni.
Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano, no. 432. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Vera Vergani (1894-1989) was an Italian stage and film actress. She not only performed in the first stagings of Luigi Pirandello’s plays but in 1916-1921 she also knew a career as an actress in Italian silent cinema.
Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano, no. 454. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Nella Regini was not a film actress, but one of the most famous stars of the Italian operetta during the 1920s.
Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano, no. 459. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Lyda Borelli (1887-1959) was already an acclaimed stage actress before she became the first diva of Italian silent cinema. The fascinating film star caused a craze among female fans called 'Borellismo'
Paolo Trevisani
Very little is known about photographer Paolo Trevisani. On 5 April 1901, Trevisani and his partner Mario Pozzi succeeded the Angiolini studio at the Palazzo Pepoli in the Via Castiglione 1339 (now no. 6), in the old Palazzo Pepoli in Bologna.
In 1837, Luigi Angiolini, Girolamo Angiolini and Luigi Mazzoni set up a company for typography and lithography in Bologna in Via Altabella 1636. The opening of the first photographic studio probably dates back to June 1858, when Luigi Angiolini moved the company to the premises in Via Castiglione.
In 1869, the year of Luigi Angiolini's death, the business passed to his four sons who kept the company name 'Luigi Angiolini e C.' until 1885. It was to be the three sisters Amalia, Cesira and Adele Angiolini who continued the business after their brother Ugo Felice left Bologna in c. 1870. From 1881 the sisters used the name 'M.lles Angiolini'.
The sisters participated in the Italian General Exhibition in Turin in 1884 and received a silver medal from the Bologna Chamber of Commerce for the photographs exhibited including a portrait of Queen Margherita.
In 1901, the sisters sold the company in Bologna to Mario Pozzi and Paolo Trevisani. According to an advertisement, they produced "portraits on novelty cards, unalterable enlargements, photographs on porcelain and on enamel, reproductions and watercolour works, and miniatures on ivory".
The company ceased to exist on 1 March 1905. Paolo Trevisani subsequently took over the studio that had formerly been owned by Roberto Peli. He must have been quite successful and in January 1907 his photos were presented at the Exhibition of Decorative Art in Bologna. We could not find information about Trevisani's later activities.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian actress Maria Melato (1885-1950) appeared in the theatre, on the radio and in the cinema. Her films included Ritorno/Return (1914), Anna Karenina (1917) and Il volo degli aironi/The flight of the herons (1920). Unfortunately, all her films are considered lost.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna, no. 37. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian actress and singer Diana MacGill (1899-1968) was the prima donna of the Nuovo Teatro Futurista, in which she appeared on stage with Marinetti and others, offering intelligent 'futurist declamations'. For L.M.B. Film, she starred in several silent films. She also excelled in the more traditional variety shows because of her beautiful vocal style and fine diction.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna,, no. 64. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Alda Borelli (1879-1964) was an Italian stage and screen actress, who peaked on stage in the 1920s and also acted in a handful of silent films in the 1910s. She was the sister of the Italian film diva Lyda Borelli.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 381 Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Paola Borboni (1900-1995) was one of the greatest stage actresses in Italy. She also played in many films. She was also often heard on the radio and seen on television, but her true passion was the stage.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 447. Photo Trevisani.
Italian stage and screen actor Giovanni Grasso (1873-1930) was known as the best Sicilian tragic actor and one of the best in Italy. Grasso also had a limited but important career in Italian silent cinema.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 46. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian actor Ermete Novelli (1851-1919) was a legendary monstre sacré of the theatre. In the 1910s he appeared in films by Film d'Arte Italiana, Ambrosio and Raggio Film.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 1045. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Paola Borboni (1900-1995) was one of the greatest stage actresses in Italy. She also played in many films. She was also often heard on the radio and seen on television, but her true passion was the stage.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 1071. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Paola Borboni (1900-1995) was one of the greatest stage actresses in Italy. She also played in many films and was often heard on the radio and seen on television, but her true passion was the stage.
The company ceased to exist on 1 March 1905. Paolo Trevisani subsequently took over the studio that had formerly been owned by Roberto Peli. He must have been quite successful and in January 1907 his photos were presented at the Exhibition of Decorative Art in Bologna. We could not find information about Trevisani's later activities.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian actress Maria Melato (1885-1950) appeared in the theatre, on the radio and in the cinema. Her films included Ritorno/Return (1914), Anna Karenina (1917) and Il volo degli aironi/The flight of the herons (1920). Unfortunately, all her films are considered lost.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna, no. 37. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian actress and singer Diana MacGill (1899-1968) was the prima donna of the Nuovo Teatro Futurista, in which she appeared on stage with Marinetti and others, offering intelligent 'futurist declamations'. For L.M.B. Film, she starred in several silent films. She also excelled in the more traditional variety shows because of her beautiful vocal style and fine diction.
Italian postcard by Vettori, Bologna,, no. 64. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Alda Borelli (1879-1964) was an Italian stage and screen actress, who peaked on stage in the 1920s and also acted in a handful of silent films in the 1910s. She was the sister of the Italian film diva Lyda Borelli.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 381 Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Paola Borboni (1900-1995) was one of the greatest stage actresses in Italy. She also played in many films. She was also often heard on the radio and seen on television, but her true passion was the stage.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 447. Photo Trevisani.
Italian stage and screen actor Giovanni Grasso (1873-1930) was known as the best Sicilian tragic actor and one of the best in Italy. Grasso also had a limited but important career in Italian silent cinema.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 46. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Italian actor Ermete Novelli (1851-1919) was a legendary monstre sacré of the theatre. In the 1910s he appeared in films by Film d'Arte Italiana, Ambrosio and Raggio Film.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 1045. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Paola Borboni (1900-1995) was one of the greatest stage actresses in Italy. She also played in many films. She was also often heard on the radio and seen on television, but her true passion was the stage.
Italian postcard by Ed. Vettori, Bologna, no. 1071. Photo: Trevisani, Bologna.
Paola Borboni (1900-1995) was one of the greatest stage actresses in Italy. She also played in many films and was often heard on the radio and seen on television, but her true passion was the stage.
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